Diving

Divers to take on the best in Beijing

Cheong Jun Hoong, seen here in the women's 3m springboard diving event in the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona last year, will team up with Wendy Ng Yan Yee in the syncro event of the same discipline at the Diving World Series in Beijing on Friday. - Filepic

PETALING JAYA: Olympic bronze medallist Pandelela Rinong and five other Malaysian divers will be looking to renew their rivalry with the world’s best when the Diving World Series gets under way in Beijing on Friday.

The series, which is only for the top eight ranked divers in individual and synchro disciplines, has been expanded from five to six legs this year.

Pandelela is the only diver to qualify for an individual event – the women’s 10m platform, where she will be hoping for a podium finish this weekend.

China will not have double Olympic champion Chen Ruolin for the opening leg. Instead, their hopes rest on Liu Huixia, the gold medal winner in platform synchro at the World Championships in Barcelona last year.